August total accommodation industry income up 15.2%
The survey is conducted monthly and covers a sample of public and private enterprises involved in the short-stay accommodation sector‚ with the results used to compile estimates of tourism satellite accounts as well as the gross domestic product.
Stats SA said that income from accommodation only‚ increased by 13.2% year-on-year in August‚ the result of a 3.6% increase in the number of stay-unit nights sold and a 9.3% increase in the average income per stay-unit night sold.
Stats SA describes a stay-unit as a unit of accommodation available to be charged out to guests. Examples include a powered site in a caravan park or a hotel room.
The types of accommodation that recorded the highest year-on-year growth rates in income from accommodation in August were hotels (15.8%) and "other" accommodation (11.4%).
The main contributors to the 13.2% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation in August were hotels‚ which contributed 10 percentage points; and "other" accommodation‚ which contributed 3.2 percentage points.
Income from accommodation increased by 10.6% in the three months ended August compared with the same three months last year.
The main contributors to this increase were hotels (10.8% and contributing 7.1 percentage points); and 'other' accommodation (13.1% and contributing 3.5 percentage points).